Rain of iron and ice : the very real threat of comet and asteroid bombardment / John S. Lewis.
Rain of iron and ice : the very real threat of comet and asteroid bombardment / John S. Lewis.
Rain of iron and ice : the very real threat of comet and asteroid bombardment / John S. Lewis.
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Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., c1996.
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T0390178
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Language
English
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Physical content
xi, 236 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Stones That Fall from the Sky -- 2. Target: Earth -- 3. Stealth Weapons from Space -- 4. Brighter Than a Thousand Suns -- 5. The Space Age: The Cratered Planets -- 6. Near-Earth Objects -- 7. The Bashful Face of Mars -- 8. Ends of Geological Ages -- 9. Earth's Twin -- 10. You Found What on Mercur...
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Publisher
Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., c1996.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
c1996.
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Summary
Lewis tells of the dangers to our civilization, dangers in the form of near-earth asteroids, or NEAs, whose impact could destroy in an instant what it has taken humans millennia to build. Finally, he describes the searches and preventive measures being undertaken today by scientists around the globe to ward off this threat from space....
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Rain of iron and ice : the very real threat of comet and asteroid bombardment / John S. Lewis.
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Helix books.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223) and index.
Transferred from N551.397/2.
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c1996.
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T0390178
Record Identifier
74VMlVzN00Mg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMlVzN00Mg
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ISBN
0201489503
9780201489507
DDC
551.397
MMS ID
991003341419702626
